To those of you that don't know us, we are both retired volunteers from the Spring Valley Ambulance. We each reflect back with pride during our 25 years of volunteer service. We read with interest the "cutting ties" article in last week’s Spring Valley Tribune. First of all, we want to assure this community that your ambulance service is still intact and will be there for you in times of need. Next, we wish to give you a bit of history regarding the ambulance "association."

My name is Jackson Pettes and I am a sixth grader at Paideia Academy in Apple Valley, Minn. As a class project, for Minnesota history, we are researching a Distinguished Service Cross soldier with Minnesota connections to World War I. The soldier I chose was William MacDonald, who was born in Chatfield. As part of this project, we are sending it to editors of local newspapers to inform citizens about Distinguished Service Cross recipients and local connections.

On Tuesday, March 31, Fillmore County will be electing a new county commissioner for District 1. District 1 includes residents of City of Chatfield, City of Wykoff, Chatfield Township, Jordan Township, Fillmore Township, Spring Valley Township and Sumner Township.

To those of you that don't know us, we are both retired volunteers from the Spring Valley Ambulance. We each reflect back with pride during our 25 years of volunteer service. We read with interest the "cutting ties" article in last week’s Spring Valley Tribune. First of all, we want to assure this community that your ambulance service is still intact and will be there for you in times of need. Next, we wish to give you a bit of history regarding the ambulance "association."

A young man from Germany used the Tribune (Dec. 24 issue, story on foreign exchange student at Kingsland) to tell everyone how he felt about being in the United States, Minnesota and the small town of Spring Valley. I love Spring Valley, too. I sort of have a feeling about what he is going through during this time of the year.

On a recent Monday night in Brooklyn, five empty chairs stood on stage — one for each member of the Federal Communications Commission. A crowd had amassed in the room for a public hearing to send this message to the agency: Don’t hurt the open Internet.

This is an update on the efforts of the Kingsland Facilities Task Force to reach consensus on the present needs and future configuration of the Kingsland District. Please note this is not to be considered the official record of proceedings; rather it is a factual record of the discussions and findings to date from the notes and recollections of a task force member.

Major League Soccer announced that Minnesota will be the home of a new Major League Soccer team. The owners also announced they want to build a new open-air stadium for the team. Do you think it should be funded through public subsidies or privately funded?